A DAD who attacked his two sisters and his ex on his child’s first birthday has been told to control his temper.

Gary Anthony Everton, aka Gary Sterman, went to his sister Vicky Sterman’s home on Dallas Court, Hemlington, Middlesbrough on May 31.

His ex-partner Rebecca Smith, 19, was there with their child on the baby’s first birthday, Teesside Crown Court heard.

When she said she wanted to leave, the dad took the child outside, prosecutor Alexander Menary said.

Mr Everton, 22, and Ms Sterman, 21, argued in the street and she persuaded him to go in.

When he did, he put the baby down and punched his sister, Ms Sterman, to the side of the head, causing her to fall and hit her head on the wall. He punched her again while she was motionless on the floor.

Another sister Nicola Everton, 23, intervened and managed to get him out of the house.

But he forced his way back in, threatened to stab Ms Smith if she didn’t let him see the baby and grabbed her face, squeezing her cheeks, then he left.

Ms Sterman suffered a large lump to the side of her face and Ms Everton had bruising.

Mr Everton, of Carisbrooke Avenue, Middlesbrough, admitted assaulting all three women. He had previous convictions for assault.

The maximum possible sentence for the offences was six months’ imprisonment and Mr Everton had already served 106 days inside.

Judge Peter Fox QC, the Recorder of Middlesbrough, said considering Mr Everton’s guilty pleas, he would pass a sentence allowing his immediate release from custody.

He told Mr Everton: “You’re a lucky young man. If it gets any more serious, it’ll be years, not months. Just keep your temper under control.”